Poverty

At the end of World War II public officials and scientists from all over the world predicted that, with advances in modern technology, it would be possible by the end of the century to end poverty, famine, and endemic hunger in the world. Today these optimistic projections have been replaced by hopelessness and resignation as…

Most Americans are insulted from the poor; it is hard to imagine the challenges of poverty, the daily fears of victimization, the frustration of not being able to provide for a child. Poverty is something that not only effects adults, but children as well. When we think of poverty in America what is the image…

Nigeria’s quest for development which has spanned some decades and is yet to deliver on the ultimate goal of poverty reduction, despite various plans, programmes, and projects. Analysis of growth drivers on one hand has identified several factors including macroeconomic environment, political and social environment and investment gap. Some policies are required to attract foreign…

I think that Angela’s Ashes relates to the historical theme of Change, Cooperation and conflict, relation to environment, and movement. This novel was a memior about Frank McCourt and all the hardships that he endured. He had to deal with the deaths in his family, his way of living, his family’s poverty and his father’s…

His poems, like the poems of many other 20th century American poets, comment the society after the industrial revolution. Adams poem, The Rich Man, concentrates on the class division between the rich and the poor. Furthermore it satirizes the old view of an impecunious life being the good and the virtuous one. The two first…

Whenever i hear the words Pretty Woman i can’t help thinking of the old song “Pretty Woman”. This movie gives an all new meaning to these words. Now it isn’t “just” the title of a song, from when our parents were born. The film has made me understand these words as being something as American…

Poverty can be eliminated through education, quality health care services, clean water and job creation. Job creation reduces poverty in a significant way because it gives people income, enabling them to take care of their needs. In most cases, work is the only asset that can help poor people improve their lives and they can…

Women constitute of half the world’s adult population; based on that premise this essay aims to explain the concept of women empowerment, examining issues related to the lack of empowerment of women as well as how empowerment assists in overall development. This will be done through exploring ways in which women can be empowered, in…

Peter Singer (1999) explores moral differences between people who donate and who choose not to, and proposes numerous remedies to curb the ever-growing problem of poverty. He is an Australian moral philosopher, professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne….

The research is considered important in the present context of stubbornly high unemployment in Botswana. The paper further indicated that unemployment in Botswana is largely structural and that the high unemployment rate is attributed to the youth and gender wise females exhibit higher rates. The paper also looks at possible ways to reduce unemployment; some…